Andrew Balbirnie surpassed 3,000 One Day International runs as Ireland Men secured a 2-0 series win, and their first One Day International series win in Zimbabwe, with a seven-wicket win in a rain-affected game at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
Balbirnie brought up his 3,000 career ODI run with a single off Blessing Muzarabani, joining Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, and William Porterfield, as the only Irish Men’s batters to score over 3,000 ODI runs.
The Pembroke man scored his sixteenth One-Day International half-century, in an unbeaten 82*, as Ireland finished off their year in fine style, by adding the ODI series to their recent T20I series success.
The cricket highlight of 2024 is likely to be the T20 World Cup for which Ireland have qualified and which will be played in the United States and the West Indies in June 2024.
